Comprehensive coverage of the most commonly studied poems written in or translated into English.

Contains over 70 new plays never before covered in a Masterplots series, from previously missed classics to contemporary award winners. Each article lists principal characters, describes the play, and analyzes themes and meanings, dramatic devices, and critical content.

Examines the theme, characters, plot, style and technique of more than 1,200 nineteenth- and twentieth-century works by prominent authors from around the world.

Examines the themes, characters, plots, style, and technique of 347 works by authors from the non-English speaking countries of the world, including Poland, France, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, and Russia.

Over 770 articles summarize and evaluate poems written between the sixteenth and twentieth centuries.

Includes more than 360 interpretative essays on works of twentieth-century fiction published in the United States and Latin America.